The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as Emanuel Navarrete and his recent win over Liam Wilson, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, Adrien Broner vs. Michael Williams, Women's boxing, Rolando Romero, and more. Hey Bread, hope all is well with you. Good luck with Caleb Plant for the upcoming camp. Question regarding high level boxers you have ...
O’Shaquie Foster was surprised when he learned Rey Vargas will be the opponent he will face for the unclaimed championship that Shakur Stevenson lost at the scale four months ago. Mexico’s Vargas won the WBC featherweight title by defeating the Philippines’ Mark Magsayo in his last fight, a 12-rounder in which Vargas got up from a ninth-round knockdown to win ...
Erick “Mini-Pacman” Rosa (5-0) is certain that he will be able to defeat Thammanoon Niyomtrong when they square off on March 1st. The fight was ordered at last month’s WBA convention in Orlando. The fight will take place in Niyomtrong’s native Thailand and will be a consolidation of Rosa’s and the fighter better known in the United States as Knockout ...
Heavyweight contender Martin Bakole is planning to force a crack at WBA "regular" champion Daniel Dubois. Bakole has been out of the ring since May of 2022, when he picked up a stunning decision win over Olympic gold medal winner Tony Yoka. He is expected to become a lot busier in 2023 - after signing a promotional agreement with Ben ...
Former WBA Interim and IBO light heavyweight champion Robin Krasniqi (51-7) returns to action on February 25 in Munich against Belgian Timor Nikarkhoev (26-4). Krasniqi has been out of the ring since losing his titles to Dominic Boesel on a close decision. Team Krasniqi then fought a long battle in trying to get the decision reversed but to no avail. ...
There’s nothing Richardson Hitchins would enjoy more than a shot at the current title holders at 140 pounds. However, despite his desires, the former Olympian is well aware that he’ll be forced to play the waiting game. This past weekend, at the Hulu Theater in New York’s Madison Square Garden, Hitchins (16-0, 7 KOs) dished out a one-sided beating against ...
Andrew Cancio is finally set to resume his career. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the former secondary WBA junior lightweight titlist is set for his ring return after more than three years on the sideline. Cancio will hit the road for the occasion, as he will face Jonathan de Pina on March 16 at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. The scheduled ...
The first men’s title unification bout of 2023 has a date and location. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Kenshiro ‘The Amazing Boy’ Teraji-Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez lineal/WBC/WBA/WBO junior flyweight championship is set for April 8 in Tokyo, Japan. Teraji holds the lineal junior flyweight championship and WBC and WBA titles, while Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez will return to Japan WBO belt in tow ...
The two championship bouts at the top of the fight card at UFC 284 were officially rubber-stamped after all four of the fighters involved made championship weight in Perth. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is moving up to lightweight to challenge for the lightweight title in the main event, and the Australian made weight with half a pound to spare, tipping ...
Vargas vs. Foster will see undefeated two-division world champion Rey Vargas battle top 130-pound contender O’Shaquie Foster for the vacant WBC Super Featherweight World Championship in a showdown that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, February 11 from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas topping a Premier Boxing Champions event. (photos by Amanda Westcott) The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins ...